07-07-2015, 10:27 AM
The man sat down. Now that he was here Ivan was unsure of what to say. It'd been a while since he'd been to a confession and he wasn't his childhood priest. Still, it was something. In some ways, the fact that they were strangers meant that Ivan didn't have to worry about stuff getting back to people he knew. Not that he planned on saying anything about his power. He doubted that his superiors wanted his abilities out in the open. It could undermine the new team's effectiveness.
He asked about how he was injured and Ivan had to decide. Well, it was all over the news after all. That part anyway. He laughed and wished he hadn't. They had said he had 3 busted ribs and man but they hurt. "I was in Izmailovsky Market. The attack that's all over the news?"
He went on after a moment. "I was on a date and out of nowhere this guy just attacked me and my date with..."
he trailed off. How to explain it. "...with some kind of power. I tried to stop him....but I wasn't able to."
He couldn't keep the bitterness from his voice at that last. He'd been thinking it over and over again over the last few days. He'd expected people to call him out on it- team mates, his new boss- even Drayson, if he showed. But no one did. He knew they were thinking it, though.
He realized he hadn't really been looking at the guy. He saw kind concern. After a moment, he went on, shrugging off the momentary blackness that settled over him like a blanket. "Sorry. You get couped up in bed for days and it's hard to stay positive. Anyway, so yeah. Guy attacked me with some strange kind of power and I tried to stop him before he could hurt others. I could be worse off, I guess. I should be. I think others died, though no one will tell me for sure."
Guess that blanket was harder to shake off than he thought.
He asked about how he was injured and Ivan had to decide. Well, it was all over the news after all. That part anyway. He laughed and wished he hadn't. They had said he had 3 busted ribs and man but they hurt. "I was in Izmailovsky Market. The attack that's all over the news?"
He went on after a moment. "I was on a date and out of nowhere this guy just attacked me and my date with..."
he trailed off. How to explain it. "...with some kind of power. I tried to stop him....but I wasn't able to."
He couldn't keep the bitterness from his voice at that last. He'd been thinking it over and over again over the last few days. He'd expected people to call him out on it- team mates, his new boss- even Drayson, if he showed. But no one did. He knew they were thinking it, though.
He realized he hadn't really been looking at the guy. He saw kind concern. After a moment, he went on, shrugging off the momentary blackness that settled over him like a blanket. "Sorry. You get couped up in bed for days and it's hard to stay positive. Anyway, so yeah. Guy attacked me with some strange kind of power and I tried to stop him before he could hurt others. I could be worse off, I guess. I should be. I think others died, though no one will tell me for sure."
Guess that blanket was harder to shake off than he thought.